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[Matt J]

So our so-to-speak greed is a good thing for our worldwide competitiveness. I remember when Japan was buying up our properties and debt at a discount. They have never been the same since.

Spread the wealth. ;-)

 

[rancid]

When you say worldwide financial meltdown are you just using buzz words du jour?

Please Google " Iceland banking collapse"

 

[TooFarTampa]

The risky selling and reselling of debt by Wall Street and investment bankers caused an exponential increase in the problem.
One Bad Bond - TIME

And still more on the backstory ... this is a fascinating piece on how things got kicked off.

Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street

And Iceland. I feel bad for Iceland.

 

[AAbsolute]

And still more on the backstory ... this is a fascinating piece on how things got kicked off.

Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street

And Iceland. I feel bad for Iceland.

I only made it through 40% of the article tonight. The chances that I will finish it tomorrow morning are near 95%. The chances are only 10% that I have to take my kids somewhere in the morning that I don't know about tonight. The correlation is that both myself and my wife will not be able to read the rest of the story in the morning if that happens.

 

[AAbsolute]

Please Google " Iceland banking collapse"

So this is a good thing then, right? Sorta like a vampire rapist.

 

[totally]

With boots like yours I figured you knew you can't build a brick wall by banging your head against it. Or maybe you were trying to knock it down.

Off subject, this week we had to remove a driveway apron that was a relic from early WaterSound Beach. The concrete was real white and had scallop shells in the admix. Instead of breaking it up we cut it into 800 lb. tiles for another sidewalk. It was a first for us and it worked better than I thought it would.

Recycle, recycle, recycle

Do you have any leftovers?

 

[AAbsolute]

Do you have any leftovers?

Sorry, we planned it in such a way that we would use it all up. Just a 12" x 156" piece was left.

 

[AAbsolute]

And still more on the backstory ... this is a fascinating piece on how things got kicked off.

Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street

And Iceland. I feel bad for Iceland.

That's it!!! I'm going to get David X. Li. He'll be sorry he ever learned how to use an actuarial calculator.

All I know is he is trying to blend in over in China. Does anyone know what he looks like? Will he stand out over there?